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Shawnee Group

Includes: Topeka Limestone, Calhoun Shale, Deer Creek Limestone (base DC), Tecumseh Shale, Lecompton Limestone (base LC), Kanwaka Shale, Oread Limestone with Plattsmouth Limestone Member (base PL).
StateKansas
NameShawnee Group
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Late [Virgilian]
Original map label&s
Commentscyclic sequence of alternating gray to bluish gray limestone and shale units with some sandstone. Certain thick limestone units form persistent escarpments. Total approximate thickness 325 ft. in outcrop.
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typeshale
Other rock typessandstone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Map references
Ross, J. A., 1991, Geologic Map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas Map M-23 Scale 1:500K.
Unit references
Ross, J. A., 1991, Geologic Map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas Map M-23 Scale 1:500K.
Zeller, D.E., ed., 1968, The Stratigraphic Succession in Kansas, State Geological Survey of Kansas Bull. 189.
Geographic coverageAnderson - Atchison - Chautauqua - Coffey - Doniphan - Douglas - Elk - Franklin - Greenwood - Jefferson - Leavenworth - Lyon - Osage - Shawnee - Wilson - Woodson

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